Avenc de les Quatre Boques

A 20 m deep collapse fissure in Querol (Alt Camp), with four access openings.

Querol • Alt Camp 80m 20m

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A 20 m deep collapse fissure in Querol (Alt Camp), with four access openings.

Querol · Alt Camp

Length: 80 m · Depth: 20 m

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A 20 m deep collapse fissure in Querol (Alt Camp), with four access openings.

Characteristics

Type: Pothole
Municipality: Querol
Region: Alt Camp
Unit: Bloc del Gaià
Length: 80 meters
Depth: 20 meters
Major Unit: Serralada Prelitoral
Lithology: Limestone
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: January 20, 2021

Location

To the NE of the town of Querol, on the left slope of the Torrent Roig and not far from the old farmhouse of Can Requesens, beside a rock monolith separated from the mountain.

Entrances

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Avenc de les Quatre Boques
Elevation: 650 m
41.423055, 1.409221
UTM 31T (ETRS89) 367070 4586943
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Topographic

Avenc de les Quatre Boques - Topography, Querol, Alt Camp

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Description

Morphology

It is a long collapse fissure that has four access openings. The fourth opening is a horizontal gallery that leads out at the western end of the main gallery.

Progression

Through the lower opening one can enter on flat ground into the lowest part of the fissure and climb up to the main gallery, where at each end the two upper openings can be seen, which lead to respective access shafts.

Other details

The neighbouring cavities: Esquerda and Cova de l'Olla de Ferro, form part of the same fissure, but separated by an accumulation of blocks.

History

Located in May 1974 by X. Bellés, J. Comas and O. Escolà on a biospeleological outing. At the opening they found painted the name and the half-erased reference of a group, possibly from Vilanova i la Geltrú or from Vilafranca del Penedès.

Bio

Coleoptera: Troglocharinus (Troglocharinus) schibii (Español, 1972). First collected in this cavity by X. Bellés, J. Comas and O. Escolà in 1974.

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Bibliography

Borràs,J.; Miñarro,JM; Talavera,F. (1978).- Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (l'Alt Camp, la Conca de Barberà, el Baix Penedès i el Tarragonès). Vol 2: 246pp. Ed.Políglota. Barcelona.